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Current Affairs Quiz : May 24, 2017

Q.1) The Uttar Pradesh government has hiked the monthly ‘Divyang’ pension from Rs.300 to ______?

a) Rs. 400

b) Rs. 500

c) Rs. 650

d) Rs. 750

e) Rs. 1000

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b) Rs. 500

Q.2) Which of the following state recently started three day special session of the assembly to ratify the Goods and Services Tax bill as part of the constitution (122 Amendment) Bill, 2014?

a) Telangana

b) Goa

c) Haryana

d) Tripura

e) Uttar Pradesh

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d) Tripura

Q.3) Which Port Trust has received two Best Performance Awards from Ministry of Shipping for the highest growth in operating surplus and also for achieving third highest growth in cargo traffic among the major ports in the year 2016-17?

a) Goa

b) Cochin

c) Navi Mumbai

d) New Mangalore

e) Kandla

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b) Cochin

Q.4) Which Country President has declared martial law for 60 days on Marawi, island of Mindanao after clashes between the army and militants linked to so-called Islamic State (IS)?

a) Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte

b) Brazil, Michel Temer

c) Italy, Sergio Mattarella

d) Mexico, Enrique Pena Nieto

e) Argentina, Mauricio Macri

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a) Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte

Q.5) Who was elected as a councillor to the Court of Common Council, becoming the first India-born woman to be elected to the City of London Corporation?

a) Saraswathi Srinivasan

b) Amul Thapar

c) Rehana Ameer

d) Ruma Pal

e) Rekha Doshit

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c) Rehana Ameer

Q.6) which has become the world first refugee camp powered by renewable energy in Jordan?

a) Amman

b) Aqaba

c) Madaba

d) Irbid

e) Azraq

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e) Azraq

Q.7) Which bank signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India for selling life insurance products of LIC?

a) SIDBI Bank

b) South Indian Bank

c) Axis Bank

d) Yes Bank

e) Karnataka Bank

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e) Karnataka Bank

Q.8) What is the name of the first artificial intelligence based application launched by HDFC Life insurance email bot?

a) HDFCBOT

b) SPIKE

c) SPOK

d) Cybernetics

e) None of these

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c) SPOK

Q.9) Which of the following credit ratings agency downgraded China’s credit score. The agency lowered China’s long-term local currency and foreign currency issuer ratings to A1 from Aa3, but said its outlook changed from “negative” to “stable”?

a) Fitch Rating

b) Jones Rating Company

c) Realpoint

d) Moody’s Investor Service

e) Egan-Jones Rating Company

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d) Moody’s Investor Service

Q.10) Who was awarded UK humanitarian award at the second annual Asian Voice Charity Awards in United Kingdom?

a) Priyanka Chopra

b) Jacqueline Fernandez

c) Akshay Kumar

d) Amir Khan

e) Vidhya Balan

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b) Jacqueline Fernandez

Q.11) Which author won Life Time Achievement award for the book “bestselling” at the second annual Asian Voice Charity Awards in United Kingdom?